Dogtooth

2009 Yorgos Lanthimos 1h 38m ★ 7.0
Drama
Dogtooth

Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet. The trio spend their days listening to endless homemade tapes that teach them a whole new vocabulary. Any word that comes from beyond their family abode is instantly assigned a new meaning. Hence 't

Cast

Christos Stergioglou Christos Stergioglou Father
Michele Valley Michele Valley Mother
Hristos Passalis Hristos Passalis Son
Angeliki Papoulia Angeliki Papoulia Older Daughter
Mary Tsoni Mary Tsoni Younger Daughter
Anna Kalaitzidou Anna Kalaitzidou Christina
Steve Krikris Steve Krikris Colleague
Sissi Petropoulou Sissi Petropoulou Secretary

Vibes

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Double Feature Pairings

Films that pair perfectly with Dogtooth

The Lobster
The Lobster 2015
Yorgos Lanthimos at his most extreme. Two films about the rules we blindly follow. The Killing of a Sacred Deer
The Killing of a Sacred Deer 2017
Lanthimos family horror. Two films about families following rules so insane they become nightmares. The Village
The Village 2004
Sealed communities built on lies. Two films about what happens when the people in charge decide the outside world is too dangerous to know about.